Company Profile

In 2011, Shanghai Airlines merged with China Eastern Airlines and is now a subsidiary of the airline, but it maintains its own logo and uniforms. Up to 2011, Shanghai Airlines is highly regarded in China for its premium services and its record of no accidents since it was established in 1985. The airline mainly operates domestic routes with selected international airlines that fly to some of the major cities in Asia and Australia. Shanghai Airlines is rated as a Top 500 China Enterprise. Along with its parent company, Shanghai Airlines officially joined the world‘s second largest airlines alliance, Sky Team, on June 11, 2011.
In nearly 26 years of development, Shanghai Airlines always sticks to principle of "Safety First, Passenger Paramount Superior, Service Quality and Achieving Reputations". It takes the lead to be a commercialized airline in Chinese Civil Aviation Industry. It has inaugurated Shanghai-Macau Service and over 80 domestic routes, covering 27 large or medium Chinese cities, including Beijing, Guangzhou, Kunming, Shenzhen and Xi'an, with its Boeing series fleet, which comprises 7 B757-200s, 3 B767-300s and 3 B737-700. It has also established Business Offices in 15 domestic cities. Shanghai Airlines has achieved satisfactory economic and social benefits through its excellent safety records, high-quality service and effective operational management. Its Total Transportation Turnover Volume ranks No.9 in Chinese civil aviation enterprises.
Now Shanghai Airlines has grown into a large enterprise group with air transport as major business, complemented by passenger & cargo sales agency, tourism, hotel, trade, advertisement and real estates. It has been chosen as one of the 54 large enterprise groups empathetically supported by Shanghai Municipal Government.
Shanghai Airlines will continue to grasp the opportunity and meet the challenges ahead. Based on operational safety, it will lay great emphasis on market development, service quality improvement and management system perfection. It will also further the organizational adjustment and make full use of the group advantages with a view to actualizing consistent, rapid and healthy development. By improving overall capacity and economic benefit, Shanghai Airlines will become one of the best airlines preferred by passengers in China.

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Beijing/BEI JING

Block Jing'an Hospital East in the 12th country, Chaoyang District, Building B

History

Shanghai Airlines was established in 1985. It is China's first commercial airline of multidimensional investment funded by the Shanghai municipal government and Shanghai local enterprises. The airline was initially restricted to domestic flights, but has operated international services since 1997.
In late 2002, Shanghai Airlines was successfully listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, which enabled the airline to fuel its further expansion. In 2006, the airline's cargo subsidiary was founded.

On December 12, 2007, Shanghai Airlines was officially welcomed as the 19th member of Star Alliance, which consolidated the alliance's presence in the Shanghai market.

On June 11, 2009, it was announced that Shanghai Airlines would merge with China Eastern Airlines. The merger of the two airlines was expected to reduce excess competition between the two Shanghai-based carriers, and allow them to compete more effectively with domestic rivals Air China and China Southern Airlines. It was also aimed at consolidating Shanghai's status as an international aviation hub.

In February 2010, the merger was completed. Shanghai Airlines was delisted from the Shanghai Stock Exchange and became a wholly owned subsidiary of China Eastern Airlines. The new combined airline is expected to have over half of the market share in Shanghai.
As a result of the merger with China Eastern Airlines, Shanghai Airlines reached an agreement with Star Alliance to terminate its membership. On 1 November 2010, the airline officially left the Star Alliance and announced its intention to join its parent company in Sky Team.